Rural society as an ethnocultural point of preschool children primary socialization

The article shows the family role, its functions and peculiarities while child's ethnosocialization. Rural society is viewed by the author as an ethnocultural space of a rural area, as a local system which reflects values, traditions and customs peculiar to certain groups and nationalities which differ in territory, residence time, age and social experience. These features are passed to a new generation by means of their family and educational process.